We will not go quietly into the night! We will not vanish without a fight! We're going to live on! We're going to survive! Today we celebrate our Independence Day!
Easily one of the best movie speeches of all time. I remember seeing it in a theater in NYC when it was first released, and the entire auditorium went apeshit.
he was a good man - but he gave up the presidency temporarily after lying about having MS, frequently engaged in black ops in other countries, shut down the government like Trump, and knowingly employed an alcoholic who was constantly relapsing during the campaign trail as his chief of staff. Also his communications director leaked military secrets, his press secretary was in a suspicious relationship with a journalist, his wife committed medical fraud and due to knock on affects of his security protocol he and his speech writer are shot, he and his senior staff are exposed to a potential chemical weapon and quarantined, several secret service agents are killed during active service protecting the first family, and during some of these killings his daughter is kidnapped.
Anyone. Literally any movie president would be better than what we have. I'd take Bill Pullman, Harrison Ford, Jack Nicholson from Mars attacks, anyone.
I'd be fine with that. He eventually found the smartest person in the world and put him in charge. Trump just appointss sycophants that are the most vile, evil people on the planet.
The versions of historical american presidents seen in the american mythology. The world could use a president as great as the George Washington patriotic Americans think he was.
When he wasn't trying to engage in his favorite pastime of killing and vilifying Superman, Lex Luthor was a pretty good President all things considered.
beethoven stopped a girl from drowning, helped a kid stand up to bullies, helped a girl get a date, and stood up to sleezy business people stopping someone from making a bad deal. president beethoven would be a blessing.
The Federation president is probably passable. Though Star Trek really doesn't show how the Federation government is structured probably because they don't want to lean too much into the socialist undertones in case they get canceled (like actually canceled) for it.
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Dyskolos@lemmy.zip · 64 pts · 61d
Dwayne Elizondo Mountain Dew Herbert Camacho
Of course...
"Idiocracy"
ajmaxwell@lemmy.world · 28 pts · 61d
He knew things were bad and had the will to see them fixed, despite what the Representative from North Carolina said.
nymnympseudonym@piefed.social · 43 pts · 61d
Also once Camacho found the world's smartest man, he demanded his help
As opposed to decrying him as a woke pansy intellectual and deporting him
switcheroo@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 60d
Would make a way better president than our current Pedo-in-Chief...
scrubbles@poptalk.scrubbles.tech · 43 pts · 61d
slacktoid@lemmy.ml · 21 pts · 61d
Bill Pullman is best president
Also I dunno why I always get chills when I hear this obviously cheesy line. He sold it.
bobs_monkey@lemmy.zip · 8 pts · 61d
Easily one of the best movie speeches of all time. I remember seeing it in a theater in NYC when it was first released, and the entire auditorium went apeshit.
slacktoid@lemmy.ml · 1 pts · 59d
Also kinda wild that USA wants to share something with the world, as close to it as 4th of July.
What would the equivalent speech be today?
Knossos@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 60d
That speech and Al Pacino in Any given Sunday always gets me.
Zonefive@sh.itjust.works · 32 pts · 61d
Kinda floored he hasn’t been mentioned yet, so I’ll throw him in the mix.
cupcakezealot@piefed.blahaj.zone · 3 pts · 60d
honestly in the west wing world even arnold vinick would be good.
SaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.ca · 3 pts · 60d
Too Kennedy.
AntiOutsideAktion@lemmy.ml · 2 pts · 60d
Dogshit president. Only accomplishment was cutting social security.
Tinks@lemmy.world · 23 pts · 61d
Bartlet.
funkless_eck@sh.itjust.works · 9 pts · 61d
he was a good man - but he gave up the presidency temporarily after lying about having MS, frequently engaged in black ops in other countries, shut down the government like Trump, and knowingly employed an alcoholic who was constantly relapsing during the campaign trail as his chief of staff. Also his communications director leaked military secrets, his press secretary was in a suspicious relationship with a journalist, his wife committed medical fraud and due to knock on affects of his security protocol he and his speech writer are shot, he and his senior staff are exposed to a potential chemical weapon and quarantined, several secret service agents are killed during active service protecting the first family, and during some of these killings his daughter is kidnapped.
His administration was a mess lol
Ibuthyr@feddit.org · 18 pts · 61d
Donald Trump. Because he'd be fictional and not real.
UncleArthur@lemmy.world · 13 pts · 61d
Morgan Freeman, obviously.
cypherpunks@lemmy.ml · 10 pts · 61d
solrize@lemmy.ml · 1 pts · 61d
Heh also https://babylon5.fandom.com/wiki/Susanna_Luchenko
SatyrSack@quokk.au · 10 pts · 61d
Henry Hayes from Stargate SG-1
Tenderizer78@lemmy.ml · 10 pts · 59d
Look, the bar has been set so low that even Idiocracy has a better president.
boaratio@lemmy.world · 10 pts · 60d
Anyone. Literally any movie president would be better than what we have. I'd take Bill Pullman, Harrison Ford, Jack Nicholson from Mars attacks, anyone.
Globochan@lemmy.zip · 4 pts · 60d
Terry Crews from idiocracy
boaratio@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 60d
I'd be fine with that. He eventually found the smartest person in the world and put him in charge. Trump just appointss sycophants that are the most vile, evil people on the planet.
Abyssian@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 59d
I'd like to see the House of representin be making some stupid votes with Terry Crews standing there flexing his pecs and glaring all angry at em.
sunsofold@lemmy.zip · 9 pts · 60d
The versions of historical american presidents seen in the american mythology. The world could use a president as great as the George Washington patriotic Americans think he was.
sprack@lemmy.world · 9 pts · 60d
Nixon’s head on a robot body.
yermaw@sh.itjust.works · 6 pts · 60d
Naw hed sneak into people's houses at night and wreck up the place
Polisheocket@lemmy.zip · 9 pts · 60d
Morgan Freeman and no one can say different. I can sleep on a cloud of his voice
Mirshe@lemmy.world · 8 pts · 61d
When he wasn't trying to engage in his favorite pastime of killing and vilifying Superman, Lex Luthor was a pretty good President all things considered.
PolandIsAStateOfMind@lemmy.ml · 8 pts · 60d
For USA? Roland Crane, since his only act shown in his office was getting offed by missile strike.
cupcakezealot@piefed.blahaj.zone · 7 pts · 60d
either of them
AntiOutsideAktion@lemmy.ml · 3 pts · 60d
President Beethoven
cupcakezealot@piefed.blahaj.zone · 3 pts · 60d
beethoven stopped a girl from drowning, helped a kid stand up to bullies, helped a girl get a date, and stood up to sleezy business people stopping someone from making a bad deal. president beethoven would be a blessing.
Doodz@lemmy.ml · 7 pts · 60d
Film: Dave (1993).
Everyone should watch this movie at least once.
waggz@programming.dev · 3 pts · 60d
first thing to come to my mind... loved Kevin Kline in this!
luthis@lemmy.nz · 6 pts · 61d
In general or in comparison?
WanderWisley@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 61d
As long as it’s an actor/actress who played the president in something.
luthis@lemmy.nz · 4 pts · 61d
Well in comparison it would be all of them. In general, I'd say Bill Pullman.
HiddenLayer555@lemmy.ml · 6 pts · 60d
The Federation president is probably passable. Though Star Trek really doesn't show how the Federation government is structured probably because they don't want to lean too much into the socialist undertones in case they get canceled (like actually canceled) for it.
thenextguy@sh.itjust.works · 6 pts · 61d
Dave!
hydrashok@sh.itjust.works · 3 pts · 61d
Dave
prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 1 pts · 60d
Dave's not here, man
OhStopYellingAtMe@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 61d
President Merkin Muffley.
spacehulk@lemmy.zip · 3 pts · 61d
Literally any of them.
JoMiran@lemmy.ml · 5 pts · 61d
*Looks at Nick Offerman in Civil War.
Soapbox@lemmy.zip · 1 pts · 60d
Nick Offerman's character in Civil War. No thanks.
Nick Offerman himself as president? I could work with that.
cupcakezealot@piefed.blahaj.zone · 2 pts · 60d
nick offerman as president just for megan mullally as first lady
Johandea@feddit.nu · 3 pts · 61d
Volodymyr Zelenskyj, while not perfect, has proven he can both play and do the job.
BeUnique@lemmy.zip · 3 pts · 61d
President Kamacho is sorta like the president we have now if that's what you're into.
WanderWisley@lemmy.world · 17 pts · 61d
Camacho was nuts but he still cared about his people. Donny don’t give 2 shits about any of us.
Soapbox@lemmy.zip · 2 pts · 60d
For real. I for one would gladly take President Dwayne Elizondo Mountain Dew Camacho over what we have now.
Blackfeathr@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 61d
Stephen Colbert. Though iirc in the marvel universe he won the popular vote but lost the EC vote to Obama.
He still would be a good president.
Treczoks@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 60d
Carl Parker Buckman from the Story "A Fresh Start" by Rollie Lawson.
Shteou@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 59d
David Palmer.
kuiskaaja@lemmy.ml · 2 pts · 61d
not sure but i know that Vasyl Petrovych Holoborodko didn't do too great
cerebralhawks@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 2 pts · 61d
Jack Ryan from the books
jaypatelani@lemmy.ml · 2 pts · 60d
Nayak (2001)
QuentinCallaghan@sopuli.xyz · 2 pts · 61d
In one Simpsons episode Cletus was a president, I'd think he would do his job well.
wador@lemmy.zip · 2 pts · 61d
Vasyl Petrovych Holoborodko?
PearlsSwineEtc@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 60d
Chauncey Gardner
waggz@programming.dev · 1 pts · 60d
that's a deep cut... but notsure if it counts since we never saw him officially nominated or elected though :p
great movie ("Being There" with Peter Sellers)
emergencyfood@sh.itjust.works · 2 pts · 60d
Alexander Purchinov.
subsonic_dropkick@lemmy.ml · 2 pts · 59d
Richard Splett
asdfasdfasdf@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 59d
https://www.themoviedb.org/movie/11566-dave?language=en-US